Covid-19: Shop status
We are accepting orders again, but with very limited shipping options, which we have to handle manually. Please use the checkout form to request puzzles, and we will get back to you when we can. Please see the front page for more details.
From around 2006, the Japanese puzzle manufacturers were engaged in a battle for the "smallest". Starting with puzzles of one-and-a-half to two times as many pieces in the standard dimensions, these were merely small (and Japanese puzzles are typically 10% or so larger in area than European or North American puzzles of the same piece count). Then Tenyo produced a "World Smallest 1000-piece" series*, earning a place at Guinness World Records, shortly to be overtaken by Beverly, with 1000-piece puzzles at 300-piece size, and finally Apollo brand puzzles (from Epoch) with 1053 pieces. These tiny pieces are not for the faint of heart, and you will need patience, delicate fingers, and very good eyesight!
* A3 size: two sheets of A4, or very roughly two sheets of "Letter" size if you're in the US.
Meanwhile, Yanoman led the way in postcard-size puzzles, with its "Petit" series...
|
Every piece of this puzzle is plain white. Not for the faint of heart!
 This puzzle has TINY pieces!
This puzzle has micro pieces Blank puzzle, with no pattern at all!
|
|
Every piece of this puzzle is plain black. Not for the faint of heart!
This puzzle has TINY pieces! This puzzle has micro pieces Blank puzzle, with no pattern at all!
|
© Beverly
The Kannon of the title appears right in the centre of this extremely intricate mandala, in her many-armed form.
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
© Kazuha Fukami
An enigmatic figure in the foetal position seems to float inside a water-filled cathedral...
This is a glow-in-the-dark puzzle. This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
© Beverly Enterprises
A classic mandala, with literally hundreds of little figures, both inside and outside the circular inner realm. Shakyamuni Buddha is another name for the Buddha, literally "The Awakened One of the Shakya Clan."
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
Perhaps the most famous of Kyoto's temples, this is the "Gold pavilion." It was originally built in the 1300s, and given to the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in 1397, but was destroyed in an arson attack in 1950. Rebuilt in 1955, the gold leaf covering was only completely restored in 1987. Actually, "Gold pavilion" is only a nickname, and the formal temple name is Rokuonji.
What does the name mean?
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
A peaceful scene, with lots of white pieces and lots of blue pieces, but interesting variations in texture.
This is a glow-in-the-dark puzzle. This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
Snoopy enjoys coloured dango, sweet sticky riceballs, while riding a rickshaw. This looks rather like Kyoto, except that Mount Fuji can be seen towering in the distance...
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
The friends are all gathered in this jolly scene by the sea...
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
"Awakening of the morn, Brightness of the day, Dream of the evening, Rest of the night" — four panels represent the times of the day with female figures draped in the unmistakable flowing Mucha style.
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
© M. C. Escher
A lithograph from 1958 portrays in Escher's impeccable style an impossible building... no real rectangular building could have a ladder with its foot inside the walls at the bottom leaning against the outside at the top!
This type of "impossible object" drawing uses perspective rules tbat are always correct over a small enough area (as in the detail image), yet break down when seen as a whole.
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
A puzzler's puzzle! These are traditional waxed paper umbrellas, of slightly varying shades of red...
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
Famous as the best-preserved example of Japanese castle building, the historical origins of Himeji castle are said to date back to the building of a fort in 1333. From a supposed resemblance to the outstretched wings of a bird, it is also known as "White Heron Castle."
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
An idyllic vacation bungalow — in the Maldive islands...
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
|
There's definitely a Hawaiian feel to this scene... lots of fun for all!
This puzzle has TINY pieces!
|
These were originally postcard size, with 204 micro-sized pieces. The series now includes versions with slightly larger pieces (still "small"), and double-postcard size, with many new Disney designs (as of 2019).
Petit puzzles
View puzzles - Disney puzzles in tiny pieces
Petit² puzzles
View puzzles - Double-postcard size Disney puzzles in tiny pieces
In stock
